Help reading basic circuit diagram

I’m learning the basics still, and came across this in a book:

http://imgur.com/oOfMTxG

In that diagram, the connections from the battery are in the same row, so doesn’t that just complete a circuit back to itself? Nothing joins into the rest of the components. Do the power buses on some breadboards not run horizontal, or am I just reading this wrong? I tried making that circuit but it didn’t light up until I separated the positive + negative into their own rows.

You’re correct, the diagram is wrong. It’s got the battery leads shorted together and the resistor and LED connected to nothing other than together.